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 * office[at]phloc[dot]com
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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package com.phloc.scopes.web.fileupload;

import java.util.Iterator;

/**
 * <p>
 * This class provides support for accessing the headers for a file or form item
 * that was received within a <code>multipart/form-data</code> POST request.
 * </p>
 * 
 * @author Michael C. Macaluso
 * @since 1.3
 */
public interface IFileItemHeaders
{
  /**
   * Returns the value of the specified part header as a <code>String</code>. If
   * the part did not include a header of the specified name, this method return
   * <code>null</code>. If there are multiple headers with the same name, this
   * method returns the first header in the item. The header name is case
   * insensitive.
   * 
   * @param name
   *        a <code>String</code> specifying the header name
   * @return a <code>String</code> containing the value of the requested header,
   *         or <code>null</code> if the item does not have a header of that
   *         name
   */
  String getHeader (String name);

  /**
   * <p>
   * Returns all the values of the specified item header as an
   * <code>Enumeration</code> of <code>String</code> objects.
   * </p>
   * <p>
   * If the item did not include any headers of the specified name, this method
   * returns an empty <code>Enumeration</code>. The header name is case
   * insensitive.
   * </p>
   * 
   * @param name
   *        a <code>String</code> specifying the header name
   * @return an <code>Enumeration</code> containing the values of the requested
   *         header. If the item does not have any headers of that name, return
   *         an empty <code>Enumeration</code>
   */
  Iterator <String> getHeaders (String name);

  /**
   * <p>
   * Returns an <code>Enumeration</code> of all the header names.
   * </p>
   * <p>
   * If the item did not include any headers of the specified name, this method
   * returns an empty <code>Enumeration</code>. The header name is case
   * insensitive.
   * </p>
   * 
   * @return an <code>Enumeration</code> containing the values of the requested
   *         header. If the item does not have any headers of that name return
   *         an empty <code>Enumeration</code>
   */
  Iterator <String> getHeaderNames ();
}
